The Conservator, The Apprentice, and The Problem - Part 3 AD FREE
Added 2022-07-31 05:01:00 +0000 UTC
Here we go, finally getting to see what the painting actually looks like and bringing Kitt into the most perilous process in conservation: cleaning.
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Aiiiggghh I couldn’t watch the cleaning solvents testing process with two people moving around the bottles and jars sitting on top of the painting. I so wanted to bring you a trolley on wheels. Of course this is me projecting my own clumsiness and anxiety, which is why I work with animals and not fine art. 😂
2022-08-13 22:54:43 +0000 UTC
Big question, for me at least.
I was thinking about the next video and how long it might take to complete the retouching. Then I wondered if you or Kitt would be doing the retouch work. Then I wondered if perhaps you would both work on it together.
Now the big question hit me. Every artist has a style. It stands to reason that even retouch artists have a style of their own, even though they are often working in small areas and may try to imitate to a degree the artist’s style of painting to better help the retouch blend with the original work.
If two different people retouch the same painting, could there be a big enough difference in their styles that it could draw attention to the discrepancies?
Is it standard procedure to only have one person do all the retouching on a painting to keep it consistent throughout?
Are the methods used in retouching so established that two good retouch artists should be interchangeable?